Other new members of the team: Amy Rodriguez, also a member of the U.S. Olympic team; Kaylyn Kyle and Emily Zurrer, both from Canada; and Jenny Ruiz and Teresa Noyola from Mexico.

But there is bad news. Alex Morgan, also a Sounder and gold-medal winner, is going to Portland. Portland!

Why this is an outrage? Has the poor woman ever seen “Portlandia?”

Then, too, her boyfriend at last report is Servando Carrasco, a member of the Sounders men’s team.

Sydney Leroux, also a Sounder, is headed to Boston.

This is how the league says the allocation was done:

The allocation process was conducted with assistance from a panel of experts familiar with the player pools, including individuals from the collegiate level, recent professional and semi-professional clubs, and the youth and senior national team level in North America.

Along with the panel’s collective input on the technical ability of the players, in preparation for the allocation, players selected their preferred destinations and the clubs also provided their preference with regard to specific players and qualities of players desired. Based on the input from the panel of experts and the teams, players were assigned numerical values on quality and desirability.

“This allocation process is obviously a big step in building the foundation for this league and each of the teams will benefit from a group of very talented players,” said NWSL Executive Director Cheryl Bailey. “This is always a difficult process, but we believe there was a fair distribution of talent across all eight teams and with the NWSL College Draft coming up in Indianapolis on Jan. 18, the rosters of the clubs will really start to take shape.”

Far be it from us to say that the fix is in, but Carli Lloyd, another hero of the Olympic team, and Abby Wambach, who this week named the 2012 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year, are going to the New York franchise.